Dan Baker, the longtime voice behind Philadelphia sports, will no longer announce games for the Eagles, the organization announced Wednesday.

Baker, of West Deptford, has been with the Eagles for 29 years and was informed of the "new direction" last week, the Eagles said in a press release on Wednesday.

"Dan is the ultimate professional and even though he was disappointed with the direction we are heading, he was accepting of our decision to make the change," said team president Don Smolenski. "We are very appreciative of his dedication and service. He never missed a single game."

The Eagles will begin a new search for a public address announcer and will work with an outside agency during the transition, the statement said.

Baker -- who has also been the announcer for the Philadelphia Phillies for more than four decades-- will be recognized at the opening game on Sept. 7 against the Jaguars.

"I want to thank Mr. Lurie, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the fans for the privilege of announcing 29 great years of Eagles football," Baker said in the statement from the Eagles. "It has truly been an honor."

“My boyhood dream was to one day be on the playing field, but I wasn’t nearly a good enough athlete," Baker said at the time. "So I thought, is there any way I can get into these games as an adult if I’m not playing? I started to think about announcing, and luckily it’s worked out.”

Eagles fans on social media immediately began to react to the announcement.

Couldn't care less about Desean no longer being an Eagle but the fact that Dan Baker is no longer the PA announcer is just sad #Eagles